This hint of murderous intent was fleeting, but it was also caught by General Qin Qiong next to him. However, under such circumstances, it was not convenient for General Qin Qiong to say anything.
Think about it, this is normal. Li Xiang has achieved such an achievement at the age of fourteen. Once he becomes the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the surrounding vassal states will probably not be able to survive. Although Tubo is a big country in the southwest, it still has many shortcomings compared with the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin is now accumulating strength. Once the day comes when Li Xiang ascends the throne, it is hard to imagine how the Tang Dynasty will develop. By then, the Tubo Kingdom may not be able to be preserved. It is normal to think of getting rid of Li Xiang now. If General Qin Qiong knew that there was such a young man in the Tubo Kingdom, he would probably take action.
"Your Excellency, the Prime Minister's praise is excessive. I didn't know you were coming today. If I had known, I would have come earlier so I could have a chat with you. I'm very interested in your customs and people. I heard that your altitude is several thousand meters higher than ours. I wonder how you live your daily life?"
After Li Xiang said this, the expression on Lu Dongzan's face became even more abnormal. He originally thought that Li Xiang had not noticed them, but now it seems that Li Xiang had already noticed Tubo.
"The land and water shape the people. We were born on that plateau, so we are naturally very familiar with the local environment and climate. After coming to Chang'an City, we also felt quite unwell. It seems that it is better to stay in our own territory."
Lu Dongzan made a roundabout way to point out to Li Xiang that even if you have ambitions, you have to consider the differences between the two places.
Li Xiang spoke a few more words to this guy, and then the people from the Lifanyuan came, and Lu Dongzan said goodbye to Li Xiang. Li Xiang still had to host a welcome ceremony here to welcome the southwestern army.
“What a pity.”
Li Xiang said this as he looked at Lu Dongzan's back. The people around him were puzzled. What was there to regret?
"What do you mean, Your Highness?"
Cheng Yaojin squeezed over and said.
"Luckily, I followed you to Chang'an. If he had followed me, I would have killed him halfway..."
Li Xiang's words made everyone gasp. "You said you could kill him, but do you know who he is?" He was the Prime Minister of Tubo and was said to be the teacher of Songtsen Gampo, the Tibetan king. If you kill him, war between the two countries will be inevitable. Although there is Tuyuhun between them, Tuyuhun is not a big deal if they really want to fight.
"Get out of here! We just finished a war. Don't start a war for no reason. I came to Chang'an to ask for marriage."
Cheng Yaojin usually doesn't pay attention to what he says, and everyone is basically used to it. When he talks to the emperor, this guy uses a lot of colloquialisms. Don't expect him to be careful when talking to Li Xiang.
"Propose a marriage? Didn't the court announce it? We won't marry each other in the future. We decided it during the last grand court meeting. How could Tubo not know?"
This was the question Li Xiang wanted to ask, but it was Zhang Sun Chong who asked it. Before, they thought that there was nothing wrong with marriage, and that a woman could bring safety to the entire country. Isn't this the way with the least loss?
But after Li Xiang's speech in the court, both the first-generation generals and the second-generation junior generals strongly agreed with what he said. If women were to be exchanged for peace, what would we, the old men, do? We are always shorter than others when we walk outside. So from that time on, these people opposed the marriage, thinking it was an insult to them, the military generals.
"The Tubo Kingdom is far away from our country. It took nearly six months to travel there. When they set out, they had no idea about our national policy. Now that they know, they probably wouldn't bring it up. As for other things, I don't know. I guess it has something to do with Tuyuhun."
The road is completely blocked now. Six months is the minimum time for Tubo to come to the Tang Dynasty, and that's in spring and summer. If they choose winter, there's no way they can get through. General Qin Qiong knows this very well.
"Among the lands given to us by Tuyuhun, isn't there a piece of high ground to the southwest? Can our soldiers withstand it if they go up there?"
Li Xiang suddenly remembered another thing. Part of Tuyuhun's territory was on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The reason why Li Xiang wanted to take this land was to train our soldiers in batches. If we have to fight with Tubo one day in the future, we will need them.
"We all remember the place you mentioned. I also sent people there. After we got there, it was hard to breathe even just standing there, let alone fighting. Only a very small number of people could endure it."
Cheng Yaojin personally led people there. This guy was very interested in unknown things. He rode back and forth on horseback for more than ten days and almost died in that place. So when he talked about that place, he kept shaking his head.
When the generals in Chang'an heard that there was such a place, they immediately became interested and started chatting. However, Li Xiang was relieved. As long as there was such a place, we could continue to send troops there in the future. Even if only one out of ten people could adapt, we could still go to war with Tubo in the future.
Li Xiang once looked up history. Before Princess Wencheng married into the Tubo Kingdom, our army had actually fought against the Tubo army. The battle took place on the edge of the plateau. As a result, we were no match for them at all. It was for this reason that Li Shimin married the princess to him.
The timeline of the era when Li Xiang was reborn was a little wrong, so the princess had not yet married.
However, since Li Xiang came here, Princess Wencheng would never be able to leave Chang'an.
A welcoming ceremony was hastily concluded because the matter of Tubo Kingdom was concluded. Everyone was familiar with each other, so there was no need to create problems in these ceremonies.
What's more, some people have been away from home for too long, so they have to hurry back home to reunite with their families. No one wants to waste time on such a ceremony. The ceremony, which was originally scheduled to last two hours, ended in the last hour.
Cheng Yaojin and General Qin Qiong were unable to return home yet, so they both went to the Qinzheng Hall to report to the emperor.
Li Xiang didn't have the time to accompany him and was just about to run away when a team came from the direction of Chang'an City, led by Wang De.
"Your Highness, please don't leave yet. The Emperor has issued an order..."
As soon as he heard this, Li Xiang knew he couldn't leave today.